COUNCILLORS

Listed below are all the Town Councillors, including their photos and areas of Town Council responsibility. 

You can also find out who represents certain organisations by clicking on Town Council Representatives & Appointments

 

You can contact the Councillors direct or via the Town Clerk's Office.

 

Cllr. Sara Loch (Old Town Ward)

Chairman of Council and Town Mayor

Serving Councillor since October 2000

Ex-Officio Member of all Committees and Working Groups

Member of Corn Exchange Working Group

Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group

Town Council Representative to Blandford Forum Charities and Foundation Governors Blandford Secondary School Foundation, Market Coastal Towns Initiative, North Dorset Youth Council, and Partners and Communities Together

Ancient Monuments Officer

 

Cllr. Lynn Lindsay (Station Ward)

Vice Chairman of Council and Deputy Town Mayor

 

Serving Councillor since 1999

 

Past Mayor 2003/2004

 

Ex-Officio Member of all Committees and Working Groups

 

Chairman of Recreation & Amenities Committee


Member of Corn Exchange Working Group

Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group

Town Council Representative to Blandford Age Concern, Blandford Leisure Centre Action Group, Deputy for North Dorset Larger Councils (DAPTC), and North Dorset Community Safety Partnership, and Partners and Communities Together


Governor at Milldown First School 

 

 

Cllr. Esme Butler (Langton St Leonards Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 1999

Past Mayor 2002/2003 and 2005/2006

Chairman of Finance & Staffing Committee

Member of Planning Committee

Chairman of Corn Exchange Working Group

Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group

Town Council Representative to Blandford Forum Charities and DT11 Forum

 

Cllr Adrian Ford (Old Town Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 2007

Member of Finance & Staffing Committee

Member of Planning Committee

Member of Town & General Purposes Committee

Town Council Representative to Chamber of Trade and Deputy to DT11 Forum

 

Cllr. Harold Galpin  (Damory Down Ward)

Serving Councillor since October 2000

Chairman of Planning Committee

Member of Recreation & Amenities Committee

Member of Finance & Staffing Committee

Town Council Tree Warden

Town Council Representative to Allotment Management Committee and Mortain & Blandford Twinning Association

 

Cllr. Steve Hitchings (Hilltop Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 2003

Member of Corn Exchange Working Group

Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group

Town Council Representative to Blandford Forum Charities and TIC Observer

North Dorset District Councillor for Hilltop Ward

 

Cllr Sylvia Hixson Andrews (Old Town Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 2007

Vice Chairman of Planning Committee

Member of Recreation & Amenities Committee

Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group

Member of Corn Exchange Working Group

Town Council Representative to Foundation Governors Blandford Secondary School Foundation, North Dorset Youth Council, and Blandford Opportunity Group

Blandford Public Transport Group - Parish Transport Representative

 

Cllr. Rosemary J Holmes (Damory Down Ward)

Serving Councillor since January 1990

Past Mayor 2000/2001

Member of Finance & Staffing Committee

Member of Planning Committee

Member of Town & General Purposes Committee

Town Council Representative to Blandford & District Civic Society, Blandford Forum Museum Trust, Chamber of Trade and Blandford Forum Charities

 

Cllr. Mike Owen (Station Ward)

Serving Councillor May 1991 to May 2007 - re-elected August 2007

 

Member of Planning Committee

 

Member of Recreation & Amenities Committee

 

 

 

 

 

Cllr A Pemberton (Old Town Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 2007

Member of Finance & Staffing Committee

Member of Planning Committee

Member of Town & General Purposes Committee

Town Council Representative to Blandford Forum Museum Trust, Great Dorset Steam Fair and Deputy to DT11 Forum

 

Cllr. Peter Randall (Hilltop Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 2001


Member of Planning Committee


Member of Town & General Purposes Committee

 

Cycling Officer

 

DAPTC Larger Councils representative

 

 

Cllr. Isabel C Rose (Station Ward)

Serving Councillor since October 2005

Member of Finance & Staffing Committee

Member of Planning Committee

Chairman of Town & General Purposes Committee

Member of Corn Exchange Working Group

Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group

Town Council Representative to Chamber of Trade, Clean Up Blandford Campaign and Preetz & Blandford Twinning Association

 

Cllr Jackie Stayt (Hilltop Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 2007

Vice Chairman of Planning Committee

Member of Town & General Purposes Committee

Blandford Public Transport Group - Parish Transport Representative

Town Council Representative to Mortain & Blandford Twinning Association, DAPTC North Dorset representative, and Deputy TIC Observer

 

Cllr. Frank Webber (Damory Down)

Serving Councillor since September 1999

Member of Planning Committee

Member of Recreation & Amenities Committee

Town Council Representative to Allotment Society

 

Cllr. Haydn White (Station Ward)

Serving Councillor since 1983

Past Mayor 1998/1999, 1995/1996 and 1999/2000

Member of Finance and Staffing Committee

Member of Planning Committee

Member of Recreation and Amenities Committee

Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group

Town Council representative on DT11 Forum, William Williams Charity, Blandford Area Youth Management Committee, Preetz & Blandford Twinning Association, Market & Coastal Towns Initiative and DAPTC Larger Councils and North Dorset representative

 

Cllr Tom Xavier (Langton St Leonards Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 2007

Member of Planning Committee

Member of Recreation and Amenities Committee

Rights of Way Officer

CONTACT YOUR COUNCILLORS

 

TOWN COUNCIL REPRESENTATION ON

EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS

The Town Council appoints Councillors to act as representatives to organisations and groups within the town. Councillors' involvement as representatives in the local community develops greater understanding within the Council of the role of these organisations and groups. Representatives are nominated either at the request of a particular organisation/group or, if core funding has been granted, at the request of the Town Council.

The term of office for representatives is normally for a period of one year commencing from the Statutory Annual Meeting of the Town Council in May. Town Council representatives are expected to regularly attend meetings of the organisation they represent and take an active part in its operations. Annual reports are submitted by each representative to the Statutory Annual Meeting of the Town Council in May.

A list of the representatives is shown below:

 

REPRESENTATIVES / TOWN COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS

2008/09

 

 

EXTERNAL ORGANISATION

 

REPRESENTATIVE 2008/09

 

Age Concern

 

 

Cllr L Lindsay

 

Allotment Society

Cllr H Galpin

Cllr F Webber

 

Ancient Monuments Officer

 

Cllr S Loch

 

Blandford & District Civic Society

 

Cllr R Holmes

 

Blandford Area Youth Management Committee

 

Cllr H White

Blandford Forum Charities (4 Cllrs)

Cllr E Butler

Cllr S Hitchings

Cllr R Holmes

Cllr S Loch

Blandford Leisure Centre Action Group

 

Cllr L Lindsay

 

Blandford Forum Museum Trust

Cllr A Pemberton

Cllr R Holmes

Blandford Opportunity Group

 

Cllr S Hixson Andrews

 

 

Blandford Public Transport Group

Parish Transport Representative

 

Cllr S Hixson Andrews

Cllr J Stayt

Chamber of Trade

Cllr I Rose (T&GP Chairman)

Cllr A Ford

Clean Up Blandford Campaign

 

Cllr I Rose

 

 

Cycling Officer

 

Cllr P Randall

Dorset Association of Parish & Town Councils (DAPTC)                                                                

Larger Councils

 

 

 

North Dorset

 

Cllr H White

Cllr P Randall

(Deputy: Cllr S Hixson Andrews)

 

Cllr White

Cllr Stayt

(Deputy: Cllr L Lindsay)

DT11 Forum

Cllr H White

Cllr E Butler

Cllr A Pemberton (Deputy)

Cllr A Ford (Deputy)

Foundation Governors

Blandford Secondary School Foundation

 

Cllr S Loch

Cllr S Hixson Andrews 

 

Great Dorset Steam Fair

Cllr A Pemberton

 

Market & Coastal Towns Initiative

 

Cllr S Loch

Cllr H White

Mortain & Blandford Twinning Association

Cllr H Galpin

Cllr J Stayt

North Dorset Youth Council

 

Cllr S Loch

Cllr S Hixson Andrews

 

Partners And Communities Together (PACT)

 

Cllr Loch (Chairman of Council)

Cllr Lindsay (Vice Chairman of Council)

 

 

Preetz & Blandford Twinning Association

 

Cllr Rose

Cllr White

 

Rights of Way Officer

 

Cllr T Xavier

 

Tourist Information Centre – Observer

 

Cllr S Hitchings

Cllr J Stayt (Deputy)

Tree Warden

Cllr H Galpin

William Williams Charity Representative                                                    

Cllr H White